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July 2020
Volume 10 Issue 3
Message from Chairman

Welcome to CuttingEdge!
'Virtual reality was once the dream of science fiction' -Mark Zuckerberg. Courtesy
COVID-19 pandemic, knowledge sharing in times of social distancing is driven by high-speed
connectivity, good online content and effective engagement. Affirming this was the 68
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ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, scheduled from May 31- June 4,
2020 that turned into an entirely virtual ‘Rebooted’ edition. While the Poster sessions were
available for online viewing and interaction, the oral sessions were made available in two
formats - live and on demand, thereby ensuring virtual gathering of participants. Celebrating
50 years of Mass Spectrometry innovations, Shimadzu unveiled the new LCMS-8060NX virtually
at the ASMS 2020, effectively engaging researchers at their virtual booth as they introduced
the new launch and took them through the plethora of other Shimadzu offering.
‘To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often’-Winston Churchill. If there is
one Japanese word we should learn, it is Kaizen - continuous improvement which sets you
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on the path to perfection. True to this, the LCMS-8060NX is the 6 generation Triple Quad
MS launched by Shimadzu. Focusing on user experience in addition to performance, this
innovation has been in the direction of Sensitivity and Robustness lent by a novel design of
ion source coupled with the ion optics guide. As sensitivity of Mass Spectrometry has almost
reached a threshold limit, the thrust now is on walkaway automation and reducing foot print.
In line is Shimadzu’s emphasis on Analytical Intelligence to reduce hands-on time leveraging
automated workflows combined with various method packages which significantly reducing
analysis optimization time and thereby enhancing productivity and throughput.
‘Amazing things will happen when you listen to the customers’ –Jonathan Mildenhall.
Breaking the tradition of fanfare and celebrations marking every new launch by Spinco, the
P-Series HPLC from Shimadzu, a new avatar that was developed on customers’ feedback
Editorial Team for a modular but high performing HPLC is launched albeit quietly for its features will speak
C. Ravindranath louder. ‘P’ connoting Proven Performance with Productivity, P-Series perfectly complements
Dr. Uma Raghuram the enviable line-up of Shimadzu’s i-Series & N-Series thereby offering customers the entire
T. Parthasarathy spectrum of HPLCs to UHPLC-ready systems to NextGen AI-UHPLC systems. The New P-Series
Arvind Thyagarajan is built on Shimadzu’s 40 years of LC expertise and incorporates advanced performance
capabilities of best-in-class detection sensitivities for both UV & PDA, Near-Zero Carryover
Creative Art Team High-Throughput Autosamplers, Lowest Pulsation Fluidics, ASP and many more to make this
D.S. Prasad the perfect All-round HPLC for every lab. Together these 3 series elevate the customer
D. Chandrasekar experience to a whole new level setting new benchmarks in Performance, Robustness &
V. Siva Sankar Reddy
S. Saravanan Compliance.
Ajith Varghese
‘Hardships often prepare ordinary people for extraordinary destiny’ -C.S.Lewis. Affecting
213 countries and territories world-wide, the COVID-19 count has almost touched 10 million
Spinco Biotech but the silver lining is an equal recovery rate of 50%. Be it corticosteroids, anti-virals,
monoclonals, Plasma therapy or vaccines, at the forefront of global efforts are researchers
‘Spinco Towers’ partnering with technology providers to combat the pandemic. Shimadzu solutions for COVID
81 - 84, Perungudi Industrial Estate, vaccine research enclosed as a compendium with this issue, includes spent media analysis,
Perungudi, Chennai - 600 096. saccharide unit determination in serotypes, vaccine subunit measurement, aluminium
Tel: 044-45678900 content measurement in adjuvants, aggregate analysis and more such. Hopefully, a vaccine
www.cuttingedge-spincotech.com
Email: info@spincotech.com is on its way and until then let us stay safe and healthy!
Please take care of yourself and your loved ones. Stay safe, Stay healthy, Stay Connected!
Warm regards,

S. Thyagarajan
chairman@spincotech.com

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